Climate averages 1991–2020
Mombasa weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mombasa: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jomvu (10 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mombasa, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mombasa ranks 8th of 37 for the warmest October highs and joint 20th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Mombasa is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mombasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 136 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 223 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 92 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 69 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 49 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 43 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 66 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 13.0 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Jomvu in OctoberKenya · 10 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 16 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 16 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Ukunda in OctoberKenya · 29 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Kilifi in OctoberKenya · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Malindi in OctoberKenya · 106 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 129 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 238 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mombasa) is explained once on the Mombasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mtwapa lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.